A jaunt through Hobby Lobby the other day made me think of a new substrate to try for one of my girls - Balsa. It comes in 6" x 36" in the model section of the store.
Balsa seemed like a pretty porous material so I started with a coat of clear gesso that was sanded once dry then lightly sketched a girl on a 6" square piece of wood.
She is painted with NeoColor crayons and Panpastels. LOVE how the woodgrain shows through!
Linking to Creative Every Day,
14 comments:
Michelle, this is awesome. Love the texture of the woodgrain. I've got a drawer full of wood pieces my son-in-law gave me. he is a woodworker. I am going to make wooden dolls, but, I might have try a face on noe piece too!
Thanks for the inspiration!
It turned out so beautyfull.
Liefs, Melanie
wow!!! she looks amazing. the grain of the wood is perfect...i never would have thought about balsa wood!
what a fabulous surface to work on, love the texture it create especially on the skin tone. x
Ohhhhh! Beautiful! I'm going to try this...
Ohhhhh! Beautiful! I'm going to try this...
I love this picture! The grain of the wood makes such an interesting background.
Rachel
I like the horizontal (MoM) entry best - and the curvy, flowing shapes. And I always like your dots!!
Thank you for sharing on Mandarin Orange Monday:)
your art + balsa wood = stunning! absolutely beautiful effect.
It's gorgeous! The linky for OYGIF is now open. Hope you could join us too.
She is simply gorgeous! I find her eyes and lips to be the most captivating~♥
Best~
Sharon
This is so cool!
this is so beautiful. you are very artistic! the wood grain adds character the face.
she is beautiful! love those eyes, and lips too!
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